Utah Centennial County History Series - Washington County, 1996

AMERICANIZATION ESCALATES Culture: Motion Pictures and Authors After 1930 Dixie's absorption into the American fabric accelerated with each decade. For example, like other Americans, people in Washington County fell in love with moving pictures. With the demise of vaudevdle theater in St. George came the rise of the movie house. Two main theaters became gathering places: the Wadsworth and the Gaiety Electric Theater. The production of films in Hollywood was such that these theaters could show four to six different movies a week. In the week of 16 November 1939, for example, the Wadsworth offered Drums Along the Mohawk with Claudette Colbert and Henry Fonda on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

Tuesday and Wednesday there was a double feature, Law of the Pampas with William Boyd and Television Spy with Widiam Hendry and Judith Barnett. Over at the Gaiety Theater When Tomorrow Comes was showing Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. Sunday and Monday brought Fifth Avenue Girl with Ginger Rogers, Walter Connoley, and Veree Teasdale.

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